Reviews tagging 'Fire/Fire injury'

What Big Teeth by Rose Szabo

14 reviews

hookerkitty's review against another edition

dark emotional funny mysterious sad tense

• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Bullying, Child death, Panic attacks/disorders, Violence, Grief, and Death of parent

Moderate: Death, Blood, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Homophobia, Physical abuse, and War

smokeyphynix's review against another edition

adventurous dark tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Death, Emotional abuse, Miscarriage, Fire/Fire injury, and Gaslighting

thisiscourt's review against another edition

dark mysterious slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

I was expecting a much different story when I picked this up. Unfortunately there was not enough exposition for me to ever get attached to any characters. I know it was supposed to be mysterious, but some explanation was needed. We were dropped into the middle of a story and given no reason to care about Eleanor or the people around her or even the house. There was no real motivation for any of the characters’ actions, and especially Eleanor. I never understood the purpose of the Arthur character. The storyline of the friend at school was never really resolved or given importance. The switching between Eleanor’s and Persephone’s perspectives was incredibly confusing and unnecessary. The chapters were very long and could’ve benefitted from better pacing.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Violence, and Fire/Fire injury

red_king_137's review against another edition

dark emotional reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Bullying, Death, and Blood

Moderate: Fire/Fire injury

nytephoenyx's review against another edition

dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

I absolutely loved What Big Teeth. It’s unlike anything I’ve read before. It’s supernatural horror but not quite a fairytale retelling and not quite a werewolf book and… I don’t know. It was dark and a bit grotesque and kept me guessing. I really enjoyed it.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Death, Homophobia, Blood, Death of parent, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Pregnancy and War

Author is transgender and identifies as nonbinary, using they/them pronouns. Certain editions of their books use their deadname (like this one - StoryGraph has it right, but the physical copy was printed with the author’s deadname).

starreddust's review against another edition

dark reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Death, Emotional abuse, Blood, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Child death, and Abandonment

Minor: Homophobia and Fire/Fire injury

sssssoup's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Torture, Toxic relationship, Blood, and Grief

Moderate: Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Gore, Homophobia, Violence, Murder, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Adult/minor relationship, Alcoholism, Animal death, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

ticktock's review against another edition

adventurous dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Child death, Death, Blood, Death of parent, and Fire/Fire injury

hngisreading's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Body horror, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Infidelity, Slavery, Toxic relationship, Violence, Blood, Grief, Murder, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Moderate: Adult/minor relationship, Animal death, and Bullying

laguerrelewis's review against another edition

challenging dark emotional funny hopeful mysterious reflective sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

Harry Szabo cements themself as one to watch with this killer debut. An excellent story about being an outsider, family, generational trauma, and love, this had me enthralled from beginning to end and in awe of their writing. Do yourself a favor and experience it for yourself.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Body horror, Bullying, Child death, Confinement, Death, Emotional abuse, Gore, Homophobia, Physical abuse, Violence, Blood, Grief, Death of parent, Murder, Pregnancy, Fire/Fire injury, Gaslighting, Toxic friendship, and Injury/Injury detail

Minor: Suicide attempt